This practical guide provides training in grief resilience, which is actually a skill set that can be learned, practiced, and incorporated into your life.

Written by a licensed clinical social worker who is also a bereaved mother, here is a unique system of coping with loss that combines insights from both her professional background and personal experience. This approach builds resilience and transforms the reader from heartache to healing, wellness, and growth.

Losing someone you love can be a devastating experience -- painful and hard to wrap your mind around. Taking in the reality of death and then figuring out how to move forward can leave you overwhelmed, shattered, heartbroken, and frightened. And because it feels impossible to accept the unacceptable, we learn by osmosis to put misery on the back burner and pretend we're mostly okay.

But we're not okay; this is not business as usual. We're left with that burning question: "How do I go on?".

The 4 Facets of Grief is a fresh approach to navigating loss and death, incorporating the most current thinking on resilience and growth.

You will learn:• Techniques for accepting the unacceptable• Ways of rebuilding your world and reclaiming hope• How to create meaning in difficult times• Self-care routines to increase your energy, focus, and ability to relax

Each section includes descriptive stories that illustrate the concept and skill-building suggestions for the reader to practice.

By following the guidance in this book, you will:• feel more resilient • utilize better coping strategies • create greater serenity than you ever thought possible • notice improved relationships • reintegrate peace and joy • increase your self-confidence, realizing that you now have the tools to face adversity and create your own new reality.